Gavin Terrebonne, COL ’26, Galliano, LA
Going into the summer, I wanted to immerse myself in a medical setting without expectations to see if the field was truly for me. To accomplish this goal, I worked as a rehabilitation tech …
Nathaniel Cronin, COL ’26, Akron, OH
This summer, I had the privilege of working at the Social Action Lab within the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. The lab studies the impact of communication to understand …
Keisha Whitely, NUR ’27, Brooklyn, NY
Over the summer, I had the privilege of volunteering with the International Childbirth Initiative (ICI), where my primary focus was on implementing and supporting their 12-step framework for safe and respectful Mother-Baby-Family maternity care. …
Kamara Holmes, COL ’25, Smyrna, GA
This summer, I was fortunate to continue the molecular biology phase of my independent research project under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Heller in the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics here at …
Yennifer Barajas, COL ’27, Danbury, CT
Before my first year at Penn, I was not very familiar with what research truly was. I simply understood that researchers formed hypotheses and tested them. However, how they formed such complex hypotheses or …
Rokibat Bamidele, COL ’25, Philadelphia, PA
This summer, I had the privilege of continuing my research with the Kayser Lab on the genetics of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), building on the foundational work I began last year. The goal was …
Ryann Joseph, SEAS ’25, Columbus, OH
I was able to spend my third summer in Philadelphia this year researching in the Mitchell lab thanks to the funding I was awarded by Career Services. The Mitchell lab focuses on the lipid …
Madolin Bergman, COL ’25, Ventnor City, NJ
This summer, I had the privilege of working as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Dirk Trauner’s Lab within the Chemistry Department at the University of Pennsylvania. My objective was to delve deeper into …
Paulina Bargallo Gonzalez Lugo, SEAS ’25, Mexico City, Mexico
This summer, I had the privilege of being part of the HAST Lab, which is within the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory. Under the guidance of Dr. Michael Hast, a Research Assistant …
Alan Han, SEAS ’25, Flushing, NY
The career services grant funded my cost of living expenses this summer as I worked as a lab assistant in Dr. Madl’s lab. I was able to clarify and expand on my preliminary test …
